 No greater felicity can genius attain, than that of having purified intellectual pleasure, separated mirth from indecency, and wit from licentiousness; of having taught a succession of writers to bring elegance and gaiety to the aid of goodness; and,...  The Works of the English Poets: Prefaces - Page 90by Samuel Johnson - 1781Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1806 - 428 pages
...dignity, and taught innocence not to be afhamed. This is an elevation of literary character, " above all Greek, " above all Roman fame." No greater felicity...intellectual pleafure, feparated mirth from indecency, and wi$ from Hcentioufnefs ; of having taught a fuccefficn of writers to bring elegance and gaiety to the... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 416 pages
...dignity, and taught innocence not to be ashamed. This is an elevation of literary character above all Greek, above all Roman fame. No greater felicity can...attain, than that of having purified intellectual pleasure, separated mirth from indecency, and wit from licentiousness ; of having taught a succession... | |
 | Thomas Mortimer - 1808 - 496 pages
...dignity, and taught innocence not to be ashamed. This is an elevation of literary character, above all Greek, above all Roman fame. No greater felicity can...attain, than that of having purified intellectual pleasure, separated mirth from indecency, and wit from licentiousness ; and having taught a succession... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 664 pages
...dignity, and taught innocence not to be ashamed. This is an elevation of literary character " above all Greek, above all Roman fame." No greater felicity...attain, than that of having purified intellectual pleasure, separated mirth from indecency, and wit from licentiousness; of having taught a succession... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 612 pages
...dignity, and taught innocence not to be ashamed. This is an elevation of literary character " above all Greek, above all Roman fame." No greater felicity...attain, than that of having purified intellectual pleasure, separated mirth from indecency, and wit from licentiousness; of having taught a succession... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 422 pages
...dignity, and taught innocence not to be ashamed. This is an elevation of literary character, " above all Greek, " above all Roman fame." No greater felicity...attain, than that of having purified intellectual pleasure, separated mirth from indecency, and wit from licentiousness ; of having taught a succession... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 598 pages
...dignity, and taught innocence not to be ashamed. This is an elevation of literary character " above all Greek, above all Roman fame." No greater felicity can genius attain, than that of i-iaving purified intellectual pleasure, separated mirth from indecency, and wit from licentiousness;... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 378 pages
...dignity, and taught innocence not to be ashamed. This is an elevation of literary character, "above all Greek, above all Roman, fame." No greater felicity...genius attain than that of having purified intellectual pleasure, separated mirth from indecency, and wit from licentiousness; of having taught a succession... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 380 pages
...dignity, anff taught innocence not to be ashamed. This is an elevation of literary character, " above all Greek, above all Roman, fame." No greater felicity...genius attain than that of having purified intellectual pleasure, separated mirth from indecency, and wit from licentiousness; of having taught a succession... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1812 - 512 pages
...dignity, and taught innocence not to be ashamed. This is an elevation of literary character, " above all Greek, above all Roman fame." No greater felicity...genius attain than that of having purified intellectual pleasure, separated mirth from indecency, and wit from licentiousness ; of having taught a succession... | |
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